Guest guest Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 > He probably wouldn't be better off doing that because he has a marketing > gimmick and he would lose his edge .. look at all the commercial bovine > excrement on the market today that is called Aromatherapy this and that. > They can do this because .. like I said in the beginning .. there is no > consensus of opinion of what Aromatherapy is. I was gonna respond but Butch said pretty much what I was going to say. From my experience, " aromatherapy " is significant to " relaxation " , in the market, even though to most of us on this board, " aromatherapy " is equated to using essential oils for not only " relaxation " and " stress reduction " but to help with medicinal issues as well. But aside from a small number of enlightened folks out there, " aromatherapy " on a commercial level is nothing more than making your house smell pretty thanks to Glade, Johnson & Johnson, Febreeze. But I use fragrance oils as much as I use essential oils. For instance, I love the smell of suntan lotion coconut and you can get that aroma anymore. Coppertone back in the 70s when I was going to camp had this distinct odor and it reminds me of camp and I've bought suntan lotion (yeah right, like I need it) just to get that smell and it doesn't smell like that anymore. I have a fragrance oil that smells like all the new age stores here in California, and I open the bottle just to sniff it and it makes me feel good. Michele Madison Robles Danaomi Scents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Hi Dawn, Not Chris here but I wanna clarify a few things and amplify a bit on what Chris wrote before. What Aromatherapy is or isn't is as difficult to define as what beauty is .. the potential definitions are so varied that getting agreement from even so-called experts is difficult. > Hi Chris, > > Thank you for your reply, that has confirmed what I thought. I have > been talking with someone who sells Aromatherapy Candles and he uses > synthetic FO's. My point to him was that they are not giving any > aromatherapy benefit. Though I wish I could agree with that statement .. I can't because its not necessarily true and the purpose of this list is to seek truth. Both Chris and I (and others) sell candles made with Essential Oils and Soy Wax .. no petro-carbon soot, etc. The reason why your statement is not true is because humans respond in one manner or another to EVERY scent they encounter. It might be a positive response or it might be a negative response. It might be a healing response and it might be a harmful response .. but they will respond. There is nothing therapeutic in horse manure .. at least not from a physiological standpoint .. but I have often written (and stand by it) that if one grew up on a ranch in Texas and now lives in the Big Apple they might well gain emotional or psychological benefit from the odor of the droppings from the policeman's horse in Central Park. And .. it is a fact that emotional or psychological reactions can and do affect our health .. so we can say that its possible that one could gain physiological therapeutic benefit if their emotions or psychology were to be stroked in the right direction. This is not a norm but it is also not an impossibility. > He would have to use EO's in his candles. (That would then cause fire > hazzard issue etc) There is no more chance of a fire hazard from use of EO in a candle than from use of a synthetic fragrance oil. There is no fire hazard to any candle if one uses them in a safe and responsible manner. > Sure the lavender one would remind you of your Grannie's garden when > you were a child and give you a happy, calm and relaxed feeling but > the smell would not give an aromatherapy benefit. I'm not sure if I understand the above .. but there is therapeutic benefit in inhaling the volatile molecules of any essential oil. Those benefits are present whether we know it or not .. we can be unconscious or be one of the rare folks who have no sense of smell and we will gain the same benefit. This works in reverse .. put a guy in the gas chamber when he's unconscious and you get the same result. As for the lavender necessarily bringing to mind pleasant memories of grandma's garden .. maybe. It might bring on unpleasant memories .. like if one was wearing lavender when they experienced their first heart break or whatever. Olfactory memory is one of the strongest of all the human senses .. and association with that memory is very individual. > He would be better to call them Aroma candles or something like > that. He probably wouldn't be better off doing that because he has a marketing gimmick and he would lose his edge .. look at all the commercial bovine excrement on the market today that is called Aromatherapy this and that. They can do this because .. like I said in the beginning .. there is no consensus of opinion of what Aromatherapy is. Our unregulated industry has no international standards or language and this allows con artists and the unknowing to peddle crap like watermelon hydrosol or whatever .. if there is no EO and no distillation there is no hydrosol .. watermelons have no EO so there is no distillation but still folks peddle such stuff. > Thank you Welcome you are. > Dawn Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 In a message dated 4/28/2006 9:58:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, chaeya writes: Coppertone back in the 70s when I was going to camp had this distinct odor OMG I would love to get that smell back.. The smell brings back my childhood memories of the beach. Also green perfume..Don't know the name of it. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Hi Butch, I have already replied to this post but as yet it hasn't shown up on the list???? I think it must have gone for a walk in the woods with Dave's bears lol..... Thank you for your long and detailed reply. I have taken your points on board. Regards Dawn > Hi Dawn, > > Not Chris here but I wanna clarify a few things and amplify a bit on > what Chris wrote before. > > What Aromatherapy is or isn't is as difficult to define as what beauty > is .. the potential definitions are so varied that getting agreement > from even so-called experts is difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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